Aaron A. Dutton

14.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
89 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Aaron A. Dutton is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron A. Dutton has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 86 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 67 papers in Instrumentation and 9 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics. Recurrent topics in Aaron A. Dutton's work include Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (67 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers). Aaron A. Dutton is often cited by papers focused on Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (82 papers), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (67 papers) and Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (31 papers). Aaron A. Dutton collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Arab Emirates and United States. Aaron A. Dutton's co-authors include Andrea V. Macciò, Frank C. van den Bosch, Aura Obreja, Arianna Di Cintio, Chris B. Brook, Avishai Dekel, Tobias Buck, G. S. Stinson, Xi Kang and James Wadsley and has published in prestigious journals such as Reviews of Modern Physics, The Astrophysical Journal and Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

In The Last Decade

Aaron A. Dutton

87 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Cold dark matter haloes in the Planck era: evolution of s... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2014 2008 2009 2013 2015 200 400 600
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  1. Cold dark matter haloes in the Planck era: evolution of structural parameters for Einasto and NFW profiles
    2014 655 citations Aaron A. Dutton, Andrea V. Macciò Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  2. Concentration, spin and shape of dark matter haloes as a function of the cosmological model:WMAP1,  WMAP3 andWMAP5 results
    2008 448 citations Andrea V. Macciò, Aaron A. Dutton et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  3. UBIQUITOUS OUTFLOWS IN DEEP2 SPECTRA OF STAR-FORMING GALAXIES ATz= 1.4
    2009 363 citations J. X. Prochaska, Kevin Bundy et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. The dependence of dark matter profiles on the stellar-to-halo mass ratio: a prediction for cusps versus cores
    2013 344 citations Andrea V. Macciò, Aaron A. Dutton et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →
  5. NIHAO project – I. Reproducing the inefficiency of galaxy formation across cosmic time with a large sample of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations
    2015 288 citations Aaron A. Dutton, Gregory S. Stinson et al. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron A. Dutton Germany 42 6.3k 3.2k 1.4k 291 245 89 6.5k
Andrea V. Macciò Germany 48 7.8k 1.2× 3.6k 1.1× 2.3k 1.7× 365 1.3× 214 0.9× 161 8.1k
A. Cimatti Italy 39 5.9k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 220 0.8× 157 0.6× 143 6.0k
S. A. Stanford United States 44 5.9k 0.9× 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 209 0.7× 159 0.6× 137 6.0k
Andrew Wetzel United States 48 6.5k 1.0× 3.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 205 0.7× 132 0.5× 144 6.8k
A. C. Edge United Kingdom 55 9.0k 1.4× 2.8k 0.9× 2.5k 1.8× 240 0.8× 301 1.2× 202 9.1k
Aaron J. Romanowsky United States 46 6.2k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 678 0.5× 183 0.6× 277 1.1× 194 6.4k
Claudio Dalla Vecchia United Kingdom 46 8.4k 1.3× 4.3k 1.3× 1.6k 1.2× 282 1.0× 240 1.0× 92 8.5k
Chung‐Pei Ma United States 41 6.2k 1.0× 3.2k 1.0× 977 0.7× 219 0.8× 301 1.2× 86 6.3k
R. G. Carlberg Canada 41 5.5k 0.9× 2.7k 0.8× 784 0.6× 247 0.8× 148 0.6× 121 5.6k
S. M. Croom Australia 40 5.4k 0.9× 2.5k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 161 0.6× 183 0.7× 183 5.6k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dutton, Aaron A., et al.. (2020). NIHAO – XXV. Convergence in the cusp-core transformation of cold dark matter haloes at high star formation thresholds. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 499(2). 2648–2661. 28 indexed citations
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Dutton, Aaron A., Andrea V. Macciò, Aura Obreja, & Tobias Buck. (2019). NIHAO – XVIII. Origin of the MOND phenomenology of galactic rotation curves in a ΛCDM universe. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(2). 1886–1899. 27 indexed citations
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Buck, Tobias, Aaron A. Dutton, & Andrea V. Macciò. (2019). An observational test for star formation prescriptions in cosmological hydrodynamical simulations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(1). 1481–1487. 25 indexed citations
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Dutton, Aaron A., et al.. (2019). NIHAO XX: the impact of the star formation threshold on the cusp–core transformation of cold dark matter haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 486(1). 655–671. 49 indexed citations
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Buck, Tobias, Melissa Ness, Aura Obreja, Andrea V. Macciò, & Aaron A. Dutton. (2019). Stars behind Bars II: A Cosmological Formation Scenario for the Milky Way’s Central Stellar Structure. The Astrophysical Journal. 874(1). 67–67. 19 indexed citations
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Li, Ran, Hongyu Li, Shi Shao, et al.. (2019). SDSS-IV MaNGA: the inner density slopes of nearby galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(2). 2124–2138. 27 indexed citations
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Macciò, Andrea V., et al.. (2019). The edge of galaxy formation III: the effects of warm dark matter on Milky Way satellites and field dwarfs. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 484(4). 5400–5408. 9 indexed citations
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Obreja, Aura, Andrea V. Macciò, Benjamin P. Moster, et al.. (2019). Local photoionization feedback effects on galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 490(2). 1518–1538. 14 indexed citations
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Obreja, Aura, Aaron A. Dutton, Andrea V. Macciò, et al.. (2019). NIHAO XVI: the properties and evolution of kinematically selected discs, bulges, and stellar haloes. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 487(3). 4424–4456. 22 indexed citations
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Obreja, Aura, Andrea V. Macciò, Benjamin P. Moster, et al.. (2018). gsf: galactic structure finder. Astrophysics Source Code Library. 1 indexed citations
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Buck, Tobias, et al.. (2018). NIHAO XV: the environmental impact of the host galaxy on galactic satellite and field dwarf galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 483(1). 1314–1341. 102 indexed citations
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Buck, Tobias, Melissa Ness, Andrea V. Macciò, Aura Obreja, & Aaron A. Dutton. (2018). Stars Behind Bars. I. The Milky Way's Central Stellar Populations. The Astrophysical Journal. 861(2). 88–88. 43 indexed citations
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Dutton, Aaron A., et al.. (2018). A deeper look into the structure of ΛCDM haloes: correlations between halo parameters from Einasto fits. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 482(4). 5259–5267. 8 indexed citations
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Zhu, Ling, Glenn van de Ven, Remco C. E. van den Bosch, et al.. (2017). The stellar orbit distribution in present-day galaxies inferred from the CALIFA survey. Nature Astronomy. 2(3). 233–238. 58 indexed citations
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Brewer, Brendon J., Aaron A. Dutton, Tommaso Treu, et al.. (2012). The SWELLS survey - III. Disfavouring ‘heavy’ initial mass functions for spiral lens galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 422(4). 3574–3590. 35 indexed citations
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Barnabè, Matteo, Aaron A. Dutton, Philip J. Marshall, et al.. (2012). The SWELLS survey - IV. Precision measurements of the stellar and dark matter distributions in a spiral lens galaxy. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 423(2). 1073–1088. 60 indexed citations
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Treu, Tommaso, Aaron A. Dutton, Matthew W. Auger, et al.. (2011). The SWELLS survey - I. A large spectroscopically selected sample of edge-on late-type lens galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 417(3). 1601–1620. 44 indexed citations
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Prochaska, J. X., et al.. (2008). GRB 080310: redshift from Keck/DEIMOS spectra.. GCN. 7397. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Dutton, Aaron A., Frank C. van den Bosch, Avishai Dekel, & Stéphane Courteau. (2006). A Revised Model for the Formation of Disk Galaxies: Quiet History, Low Spin, and Dark-Halo Expansion. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations
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Dutton, Aaron A., Stéphane Courteau, C. Carignan, & Roelof de Jong. (2003). Mass Modeling of Disk Galaxies: Constraints and Adiabatic Contraction. arXiv (Cornell University).

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